Background
CASAS CASTAÑEvent-driven architecture, José was born on February 24, 1866 in Chiquinquirá. Son of Jesús Casas Rojas and Clara Castañeda de Casas.
Diplomat lawyer writer and public man
CASAS CASTAÑEvent-driven architecture, José was born on February 24, 1866 in Chiquinquirá. Son of Jesús Casas Rojas and Clara Castañeda de Casas.
Judge of the Circuit Court, 1891. Minister of Public Instruction, War, and Foreign Relations, 1901— 1903. Counselor of State, 1904.
Representative to the Colombian Congress, 1904, 1933.
Deputy to the Assembly of the Department of Cundinamarca, 1909. National senator, 1919-1922.
Vice-President of the Republic, 1922-1929. Member of the Municipal Council of Bogotá, 1928.
Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain, 1929— 1933.
Founded the “Biblioteca de Historia” and the Boletín de Historia y Antigüedades.
Academia Nacional de Historia de Bogotá (founder). Academia Colombiana de la Lengua. Academia de Bellas Artes.
Club de Turismo (president).
Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales (founder and Academia Española de la Lengua.
Société d"Histoire, Paris. Sociedad Bolivariana.
Sociedad "Francisco Vitoria,” Madrid.
Decorations: Grand Cross of Isabella the Catholic, Spain.
Married Margarita Manrique. Children: Manuel José, Lola, Maria, Jesús, Margarita, Ignacio, Efrain, Francisco, and Teresa.